Pokemon Go

My family at home is kind of obsessed with Pokemon Go (and rightly so, it looks amazing!). About two weeks ago she asked me if it's a big thing in Hong Kong. I said "No, I don't think so." And then Pokemon Go was released in Hong Kong the next day. People are OBSESSED WITH IT!! Every park we go past is packed with people. It seems like every subway station and bus stop is a hot spot, because people tell us they can't talk, they're trying to catch Pokemon. Sister Kessen is a little freaked out by it, but I LOVE it. I just hope it's still a thing a year from now so I can play too. My favorite, are the groups of friends who go out together to catch Pokemon. 

This week, the Fanling Sisters (who we live with) got summer missionaries! For two weeks, they get to be companions with two Hong Kong teenagers. They are AMAZING! Honestly, part of it is that they actually know how to speak Cantonese. But most of it is their energy! They are so diligent in doing everything. I went on splits with one this week, and we didn't have anything planned so we went street contacting. She was so excited! It definitely made me more pumped. 

Before my mission I didn't like bananas. But Hong Kong has better bananas, I'm convinced. Also, they have so many more different kinds of bananas. Regular (hung jiu), tall (gou jiu), fat/sturdy (daaih jiu), and milk (laaih jiu). I heard someone this week say "laaht jiu". All the bananas I know have the word jiu in it, so I thought it was a banana. And laaht is spicy, so I thought "huh. Spicy bananas. THat's weird. I'll impress them with my knowledge of Cantonese.

"Oh. A spicy banana? That's so interesting!" 

Nope.

It's the name of a red pepper.

Almost. Right?

It was so funny though! And I'm proud of myself for at least knowing enough to make a guess.

Last Monday and Tuesday, we had a typhoon. For about a week our members have been calling us warning us about this typhoon. Hong Kong has a 1-8 warning system. When it gets to 8, buses, subways, and trolleys shut down and missionaries aren't allowed to leave the apartment. This typhoon got all the way to 8. We had investigators who have been ignoring our calls for weeks call and tell us to get him. We had to tape the windows (just put a giant x over it). The weird thing was, for most of the time it wasn't even raining. Maybe we were in the eye of the storm? Anyway, we had to stay home, and calling people was useless because they were all freaked out about the typhoon. So we just filled out paperwork for about 4 hours. Yay. But then the warning went down and we were allowed to leave. Hallelujah!

This week our ward had a music activity! Everyone showed off their music and dancing talents. Our ward is TALENTED! Every auxiliary had to have an act, and it was so fun. The relief society all did a dance, and it was so funny. Imagine a K-Pop group, consisting of middle aged women who don't really remember what they're doing. I love them so much. Sister Ling played a really cool Chinese instrument. No idea what it's called.....It is about 8 feet long, has a lot of strings, and kind of resembles a piano. About the same length, and it sits on a bench about the same height as a piano. It was SOO PRETTY!! I thought she had been studying for all of her life, but it hasn't been a year yet. It sounded so good!! The 4 of us missionaries also had to have an act, so we sang "Love is Spoken Here" with ukulele accompany by Elder Love. Elder Love and Elder Taylor are both AMAZING singers....and then there were us two. Everyone says we were really good.  Which means all of our members are better at lying than I thought there were. The weirdest food that night was haupia (kinda like coconut jello) with corn in it. The best food was a Betty Crocker cake mix cake. Hong Kong does NOT have ovens, OR cake mix, so I'm not sure who pulled off that miracle. And they didn't buy it, cause Chinese cake just tastes like air. But it was SOOO GOOOD! Coming home might be dangerous to my health. 

Hold down the fort for me!!

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Love

Sister Hugo

Yiu Ji Muih

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